In his “New Ideas in....” regular video series for ICC Chess.FM, GM Ronen Har-Zvi investigates the latest developments and trends in those downright annoying and unusual Queen Pawn openings that avoid the main battle-lines with 2 c4.

Are you searching for a quick-fix against the Colle-Zukertort, Torre Attack, London System, QB Attack with 2 Bg5, Stonewall Attack or perhaps the King's Fianchetto Attack with 1 d4 2 Nf3 3 g3 (without c4)? Then look no further as Ronen gives you an easy-to-play antidote to all those annoying 1 d4 openings.

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Tune-in for Chess Talk with IM John Watson on ICC Chess.FM. John's weekly 60+ minute show will feature an interview with leading chess personalities. All shows run on demand for members after airing.

This week (Tue., Oct 14), joining John on Chess Talk is one of America's top grandmasters, Varuzhan Akobian, who recently came equal first at the SPICE Cup, one of the strongest U.S. invitationals of recent years.

Armenian-born "Var" is one of America's more colorful and energetic grandmasters.  Last year he became something of a chess celeb after starring in MTV's True Life documentary "I'm a Genius".  He's also a prolific player on the chess circuit, with many U.S. titles to his name, and has just returned from the Mind Sports Olympiad in Beijing.

Tune-in for "Ask the Renaissance Man" with National Master Dan Heisman every Thursday at 21:00 EDT. You send in the questions and Dan provides the answers every week on his Q&A show. Questions on tournament rules, opening play, chess books, chess politics, current events, and more!

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In his weekly video lecture series for ICC, Boris Alterman's Gambit Guide, Boris investigates gambits old and new and show that, while some may not be actively played on the grandmaster circuit these days, they are all exciting to play and at the same time instructive as they teach us all about natural development of the pieces and tactics in chess. GM Boris Alterman has just opened his official blog where, among other things, he'll be discussing some of his choices for his Gambit Guide.

eBook: Modern Chess Series Part 2 - Kasparov vs Karpov: 1975-1985 - Garry Kasparov

The history of sport has seen many great gladiatorial clashes: Ali vs. Frazier in boxing, McEnroe vs. Borg in tennis, Prost vs. Senna in motor racing. None however can quite compare to the intensity of the rivalry between those two great world chess champions: Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov.

Between 1984 and 1990 they contested an astonishing five World Championship matches consisting of 144 individual encounters.

This volume concentrates on the first two of those matches. The epic 1984/85 contest which lasted six months before being controversially halted "without result" by the President of FIDE Florencio Campomanes and the 1985 match when Kasparov brilliantly won the final game to take the title and become, at the age of 22, the youngest ever world champion.

This product is available as a download only.

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My 60 Memorable Games - Bobby Fischer

A rare window into the mind of a chess icon, My 60 Memorable Games is perhaps the most inspirational and influential chess book ever written.

First published in 1969, it contains Bobby Fischer's objective, honest and self-critical annotations to games he had won, drawn and even lost in the period from 1957 to 1967 but from which he had also learned valuable lessons.

In contrast with the previous edition of this book, no alterations have been made to the text other than the conversion of moves into algebraic notation, making this an updated yet accurate reflection of the original book.

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From London to Elista - Bareev & Levitov

-- 2008 Book of the Year winner! --

From London to Elista by Evgeny Bareev and Ilya Levitov has recently been announced as the English Chess Federation 2008 Book of the Year Award - one of the most prestigious publication prizes in chess. This gem of a book published by those Dutch masters at New In Chess is one that gives the reader a truly amazing (and not to mention timely right now) behind the scenes look into Vladimir Kramnik's three successful world championship matches, against Garry Kasparov (London 2000), Peter Leko (Brissago 2004) and Veselin Topalov (Elista 2006).

Co-author Bareev played a crucial role in all three matches as one of Kramnik's key seconds. In-depth analysis, unseen photographs, anecdotes, strategy, stress and the psychology involved in the quest for the world crown - it's all here and much, much more in this highly-original - and deserving - winner of the Book of the Year award.

400 pages.

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Secrets of Opening Surprises Volume 9 - Bosch

Brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas. They may seem outrageous at fi rst sight, but have proven to be perfectly playable.

An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board. You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory.

144 pages, soft cover.

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